1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auKyle Barrhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/kylebarr-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="OodJ3BtBBG"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2022/10/paypal-says-statement-that-it-would-fine-users-for-misinformation-was-incorrect-information/">PayPal Says Statement That It Would Fine Users for ‘Misinformation’ Was ‘Incorrect Information’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2022/10/paypal-says-statement-that-it-would-fine-users-for-misinformation-was-incorrect-information/embed/#?secret=OodJ3BtBBG" width="600" height="338" title="“PayPal Says Statement That It Would Fine Users for ‘Misinformation’ Was ‘Incorrect Information’” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="OodJ3BtBBG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/11/d8c36962f4ab48bc3aef0de0c84e1d23.jpg?quality=7548032697PayPal, the company co-founded by right-wing darling Peter Thiel, was caught in a firestorm of conservative backlash over the weekend for daring to say it would not allow its services to be used to promote misinformation. Now, the company has walked everything back, and further claimed that policy was one big misunderstanding.